Effect of weight at emergence of Africanized (Apis mellifera L.) virgin queens on their acceptance and beginning of oviposition

American Bee Journal

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 213-215

  Medina, Luis Medina ^a   Gonçalves, Lionel Segui ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Africanized honeybees; Apis mellifera; Brazil; Mating; Oviposition; Queen acceptance; Queen introduction; Virgin queens; Weight at emergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035581706     PISSN: 00027626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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